Azathioprine parenteral at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$261.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,200.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$216.00 with Health Net vs $791.01 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $216.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $237.65 ↓ -9%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $270.00 ↑ +3%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Other Plans $278.78 ↑ +7%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $295.63 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $295.63 ↑ +13%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $295.63 ↑ +13%
United Medicare|All Plans $295.63 ↑ +13%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $295.63 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|HMO $295.63 ↑ +13%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|PPO $295.63 ↑ +13%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $297.06 ↑ +14%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $300.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $300.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $300.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $300.00 ↑ +15%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $300.00 ↑ +15%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Imperial $304.50 ↑ +16%
BrightHealth Commercial|All Plans $325.19 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|HMO $377.80 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $377.80 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $383.36 ↑ +47%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $402.00 ↑ +54%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $403.44 ↑ +54%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $430.99 ↑ +65%
Prison Healthcare Medicaid|All Plans $443.44 ↑ +70%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $593.13 ↑ +127%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $618.00 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $618.00 ↑ +136%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $618.00 ↑ +136%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $708.48 ↑ +171%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $738.00 ↑ +182%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $777.36 ↑ +197%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $787.20 ↑ +201%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $787.20 ↑ +201%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $791.01 ↑ +202%

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Azathioprine parenteral at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $442.98 $159.00 – $784.00
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz $1,080.00 $153.65 – $2,040.00
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $323.09 $186.00 – $1,158.00
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach $1,271.94 $186.00 – $2,958.00
Community Hospital San Bernardino San Bernardino $1,035.76 $168.37 – $2,649.00
Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center Glendale $1,011.26 $207.00 – $2,481.60
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael $328.80 $108.24 – $816.72
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $684.45 $143.92 – $1,084.86

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